taketheusedcarsto them, literally a horseshoe around him of different garages now many of them are also victims. car owners are still showing up looking for their cars. john says his mercedes is gone, a very expensive car. how much was the car worth? >> $40,000. >> reporter: this company took luxury cars on consignment, owners signed away the title and sunnyvale motor cars promised to sell them. the car lot is now empty, people's cars are no where to be found. >> seemed to be a nice guy when he wanted something. i didn't have a lot of involvement with him. very harbd to -- it was very hard to get paid. >> reporter: brandon stopped doing business with him, because he didn't like his ethics. >> cheating fixing used cars doing it his way, not our way. >> reporter: what is an example? >> used cars on cars not doing a full service, cutting corners i am >> reporter: he was lucky, it -- it would take two, three months but he got paid. his next door neighbor is out $8,000. >> my reaction is very mad and very nervous i lose the money on it. >> reporter: the owners say he also owes them

businesses. he would taketheusedcarsto them, literally a horseshoe around him of different garages now many of them are also victims. car owners are still showing up looking for their cars. john says his mercedes is gone, a very expensive car. how much was the car worth? >> $40,000. >> reporter: this company took luxury cars on consignment, owners signed away the title and sunnyvale motor cars promised to sell them. the car lot is now empty, people's cars are no where to be found. >> seemed to be a nice guy when he wanted something. i didn't have a lot of involvement with him. very harbd to -- it was very hard to get paid. >> reporter: brandon stopped doing business with him, because he didn't like his ethics. >> cheating fixing used cars doing it his way, not our way. >> reporter: what is an example? >> used cars on cars not doing a full service, cutting corners i am >> reporter: he was lucky, it -- it would take two, three months but he got paid. his next door neighbor is out $8,000. >> my reaction is very mad and very nervous i lose the money on it. >> reporter: the owners say he al

theyareusedtoit so they know the drill, still frightening. stay with abc7 morning news at 6:30 much more, new video showing the quake as it hit, plus update on damage, evacuations and injuries. >>> same-sex couples could finally get an answer about whether they can get married in california where the highest court meets this morning. supreme court justices are expected to discuss challenges to prop 8, the california ban on gay marriage and whether they will consider the case in the coming months. lower court ruling struck down the voter approved measure if the justices decide not to take the case the ruling would stand and gay and lesbian couples could get married as soon as next week. download our apps find them all at abc7news.com/apps. >>> arizona sheriff joe arpaio is known for his tough stance on illegal immigration. this morning, he's set to visit san francisco, a city known to be immigrant-friendly. terry mcsweeney joins us live. >> reporter: speaking here today, speaking to an alarm company convention they are going to be meeting at the park 55 he is not only the most controversi

of patientswithus. >>hospital officials were not disciplining the nurse over the incident and said she had worked with them for more than four years and well-respected among her colleagues. the radio personalities apologized for the planning the following day. these are pictures from the website. they deleted their twitter accounts and will not return to the airwaves until further notice. they provoked a lot of furry and continuing to promote the hoax and calling it the planning the world is talking about before replaying clips of the recording. the facebook page was bombarded from comments from outraged users. >> you can post your opinion. live from the newsroom, i am tara moriarty. >> thanks, tara. >>> new at noon, potential homeowners are lining up by the hundreds right now to take advantage of $5 million in down payment assistance. wells fargo is giving out $20,000 grants to home buyers in nine bay area cities. this is between wells fargo over fair lending claims. right now, they are lining up at the hotel to find out if they qualify. >> we have more than 700 registered. and registrati

. nobody has come forward yet so they will be looking into this andletusknow.>>reporter: when he they filed the report they found out other victims out there. just look at the long list of complaints on yelp. she and her husband contacted the dmv and filed a courtesy stop of the title transfer so if somebody tries to sell the yukon it won't go through. as of this afternoon she and her husband are still the registered owners. if they ever get the vehicle back, they said they will sell it themselves. >> no more trusting consignment stores. even if they are good people, no offense to got people but still, no. because this is one big lesson we don't want to forget in your life time. >>reporter: if you look in the be behind me you see a desk or 2. no notice up any.where a fedex sticker for delivery. i did speak with police today and all they will tell me is that they are aware of what's going on and looking into it n.sunnyvale, abc 7 news. >> frightening moment near the start of raiders game tonight as somebody fell from the third deck of the coliseum. oakland police say the

they will be looking into this andletusknow.>>reporter: when he they filed the report they found out other victims out there. just look at the long list of complaints on yelp. she and her husband contacted the dmv and filed a courtesy stop of the title transfer so if somebody tries to sell the yukon it won't go through. as of this afternoon she and her husband are still the registered owners. if they ever get the vehicle back, they said they will sell it themselves. >> no more trusting consignment stores. even if they are good people, no offense to got people but still, no. because this is one big lesson we don't want to forget in your life time. >>reporter: if you look in the be behind me you see a desk or 2. no notice up any.where a fedex sticker for delivery. i did speak with police today and all they will tell me is that they are aware of what's going on and looking into it n.sunnyvale, abc 7 news. >> frightening moment near the start of raiders game tonight as somebody fell from the third deck of the coliseum. oakland police say the man is in serious condition tonight.take a look yo

this had to be deja vu for many folks. >> reporter: scary reminder no tsunami warningsforushereon the west coast most of japan's north eastern coast has been hit and on high alert rather for a tsunami since that quick hit after 5 p.m. japan time, epicenter north eastern japan near the city of miyagi lots of shaking felt across japan in tokyo news agency lights were situation, workers held on to directions until the shaking stopped. shortly before the quake, japan's television broke into programming warning it was due to hit. people told to flee to higher ground right way that warning has been lifted. the same region hit by last year's massive quake which killed 20,000, triggered a nuclear disaster. the power company says there are no problems at any of its nuclear power plants. we are getting reports of injuries near the city of miyagi after the quake unclear how severe. so far damage appears to be minimal. >>> america's most controversial sheriff comes to town this morning. the arizona sheriff known for his aggressive position on illegal immigration will be speaking in san fra